Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-02-17

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ter how apprehensive they may be of the
result, the President will be sustained.
The house has passed the senate bill for
the retirement and recoinage of the silver
dollar. first amending il so that the RECON-
age of this coin shall not be considered as
part of the monthly purchase of silver bull
lion now required. One of the principal
addresses in support Of this bill was made
by Mr.. Iarsney.
The senate has passed the South Ameri-
can mail subsidy bill.
The question OF Gen. Hazen's successor
is still being agitated inasmuch as no steps
are being taken at present to transfer the
signal service to civil branch of the gov
eminent. Col. Black of Fort Wayne, still
stands foremost in the rapidly inci easing
list OF applicants. 1t is believed by army
officers here that il the transfer is not
made that promotion lies between Col
Black and Capt. Greedy, the present acting
signal officer.
The senate has passed bill providing
for the printing of 30,5C0 copies of the
Logan eulogies delivered in the senate
The bill was introduced by one of the
speakers, and of course received the hearty
endorsement Of the others, all of whom are
anxious that their friends should be sup
piled with printed copies of their elo-
quence, and are just as anxious that the
government should foot the bill.
The commissioner OF pensions has had
prepared letter of Introduction and
blank forms of application and aiiidavits
OF witneS ses for the use OF applicants for
pen >lons under the Mexican pen ion law
of January 30 1887. Upon receipt of an
individual application an appropriate
| letter OF instruction and set OF blanks will
be forwarded to the applicant The letters
of instru ton are full and explicit and the
blank forms plain, and all may be easily
understood without the necessity of n
| legal education.
Since the railroad accident in Vermont
the patent Office has been flooded with in
ventlons for heating passenger cars that
will obviate The danger of fire. Not only
| are inventions coming in from every
source but the demands for drawings and
copies of the patents continue TO come
! from all sections of the country. Attaches
OF the patent office express the opinion
that the number of car heaters patented
in the next year, will be equal to, If il
docs not exceed, the annual list Of car
couplers
The naval and defense bills now before
congress are receiving considerable atten-
! ton. the general opinion being that viii o
all talk OF war with England l. simply
nonsense, yet there is inn erative necessity
for immediate legislation in the matter.
The following is the status of the appro-
priation bills The army bill is a law. The
Indian, sundry civil, pensions and post
office bills have pa sed both houses and
now await concurrence by the house in
the senate amendments or adjustment OF
differences by conference. The river and
harbor, military academy, District OF
Columbia and agricultural bills have pass
ed the house and are in the hands of the
senate committees. The legislative, diplo-
matte and consular and naval bills await
the action of the house. The deficiency
and Notifications (this years. bills are yet
to be reported by the house. Last years
Notifications bill is still in conference
with little prospect of agreement. Appro-
priation bills will undoubtedly engros, the
attention OF the house during the greater
part of this week.
Mr. Morgan did not think of Logan as a
force that had passed away, but as a liv-
ing, moving energy, still useful in the
great purposes of divine economy. No
guile no evasion. no finesse, characterized
Logan, but he was bold, pronounced,
dignified, earnest, manly, firm, generous,
true man.
Senator EdmundS said Logan was entit-
led to the highest praise for his candor,
simplicity and persistence, and for the
noble, generous spirit which inspired his
life. He thought Of Logan. not as dead,
but as promoted leaving friends to mourn
his departure, not for his sake. but because
his example. experience in public affairs
and the wisdom of his counsels were with
drawn.
Senator Henderson spoke of the brilliant
military qualities OF Logan, and Senator
Allison also dwelt upon his brilliant mill
tary career.
Senator Hampton said that none were
more willing to pay due tribute to the
memory of Gen. Logan than those who
had been his political opponents. AS
democrat. southern man; and a confed-
crate soldier he was called upon TO speak
of Logan as a republican, honored by his
party, northern man who had given his
blood TO prove the sincerity OF his convic-
tions, and as federal soldier whose fame
was as widespread as it was fairly
achieved.
Senators Hawley, Spooner, Cockrell,
Frye Plumb, Sabine, Ransom, all spoke OF
the noble qualities Of the man whom the
man who had entered into that
blessed rest and glorious immortality.
Senator Evarts said the looms Of time
were never idle; the busy fingers of the
fates were ever weaving, as in a tapestry,
the many threads and colors which make
out mems several live, and when these
were exposed to critics and admirers,
there would be found few OF a brighter
color or of nobler pattern than that OK
Logan.
Mr. Palmer said that il Logan had been
a Frenchman during the throeS OF the revo-
luton he would have been the Danton or
the day, and his motto that Of his great
prototype-"to dare'-and by that sign
he would have saved his country. IL born
in Switzerland lie would have been n Wink
elride. IL there was to be a distinctive
type OF the Caucasian race, 1t would have
as a substructure the virtues which have
made the name Of Logan famous-intre-
pidity of spirit, honesty of purpose, gener-
osity for the vanquished and cathoiicity
of view for all.
The senate bill to encourage the manu-
! facture of steel for modern naval OF dnance
and other naval purposes came up in the
house the other day, but did not go through
as easily as its friends anticipated and
after wrangling over it nearly the entire
session. the matter was finally referred to
tie committee on appropriations.
The house has devoted portions OF sew
eral sessions the past week to services in
honor of its deceased members, so that
practically but very little legislation has
! been accompli he'd by the lower house OF
our national legislature.
The members of the house committee on
foreign affairs had an interview with the
| president the other day in connection
with the retaliatory fisheries legislation
now pending in congress: The interview
was strictly confidential. The president
sought to impress upon the members or
| the committee the necessity OF making
very clear and free from ambiguity any
| measures relating to the subject OF the
! fisheries which congress might see fit to
pass. II there was to be any legi .lation
on the subject he said, IL should state